Employment Working Group
EMPLOYMENT WORKING GROUP
SATURDAY, 30 MAY –BRUSSELS
09h30 – 17h00 - AGENDA
Chair: Mr. Patrick BOULTE (EAPN FR)
09h00 – 09h30Arrival of participants
09h30 – 09h40 Welcome from the Chair
Adoption of minutes, apologies
09h40 – 09h45Tour de table / warmer
10h00 – 10h30Policy updates (including campaign updates)
Objective: get participants’ comments and feed-back, as well as answer clarifying questions, on the latest relevant policy developments in the EU; keep participants informed on the delivery of the two campaigns and obtain their feed-back.
Background documents:Policy updates note.
10h30 – 11h00Discussion on ongoing projects
- video project
- diary project
Objective: agree the way forward if one or both of these projects are going to be continued
Output:Decision reached on which project to follow-up and how
Background documents:revised Video Project ToR; Video Project budget
11h00 – 11h30Coffee break
11h30 -12h30WORKSHOPS: 2010 seminar
Objective:Discussion on and evaluation of the joint seminar the previous day (methodology to be distributed);
Output:finalise input to the legacy from the Employment perspective
Background documents:Seminar policy paper; PowerPoint presentation Employment proposals.
12h30 – 13h00Report back from workshops; joint evaluation and messages
13h00 – 14h00Lunch break
14h00 – 15h00WORKSHOPS: Skills and mobility
Objective:Discussion with the members on the New Skills for New Jobs communication and related documents, as well as on the mobility paper put forward by the Czech Presidency, and related documents; identify common position;
Output:clear position regarding these two topics, which can feed into the EMCO discussion in June
Background documents:Preparation note on skills; preparation note on mobility
15h00 – 15h30Report back from workshops; agree common messages
15h30 – 16h00Coffee break
16h00 – 16h30Exchange on flexicurity
Objective:To agree a common position on flexicurity, based on previous work done by the Working Group and new documents, to serve as basis for feed-back for the Presidency Conclusions and the EMCO discussion after the summer
Background documents:Report of the Mission for Flexicurity; EAPN flexicurity position paper
16h30– 16h45Participation in the Employment Week
Objective:Exchange ideas about Johannes Jorgensen’s contribution, in behalf of EAPN and the Employment Group, to the Employment Week to be held in June; agree messages to be taken forward in his intervention;
Output: draft speech improved
Background documents:event agenda; speech bullet points
16h45 – 17h00 Capacity building seminar in Greece (second exchange)
Objective: gather participants’ input on the capacity building needs of the EWG
17h00AOB; close of meeting